The chart below shows the global sales of different kinds of digital games from 2000 to 2006.

The bar chart provides data about the global sales (in

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dollars

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) of various digital

games

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between 2000 and 2006.

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, we can see that the

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of sales of handheld

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, mobile phone

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and online

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increased in there years,

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the amount of console

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sales decreased every year.

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, the graph shows that handheld

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are absolutely the preferred digital

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. In fact, already in 2000 handheld

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have been sold for a total amount of almost 11

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dollars

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;

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increased gradually each year, until 2006, when handheld

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fruited 18

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dollars

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. The chart illustrates that the selling of online

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started only in 2001, for less than 1 bn

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, but their popularity grew so much in the years: in 2006 online

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have been sold for nearly 9

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dollars

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. Mobile phone

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showed a similar trend: the selling started just in 2002 and fruited about 1

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dollars

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, but

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rose to 7 billions in 2006.

On the contrary

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, the

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of console

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sold decreased gradually over the years, from 6

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dollars

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in 2000 to 3 billions

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in 2006.